Need to pare down

I have been living in sin with my girlfriend for over a decade (not married), but I bought her a massive diamond ring anyway.

Now I have a permanant "get outa jail" card that never expires.

When the M9 first came out she offered to buy me one if I wanted one.

Moral of the story is don't get married unless you have to.

Second moral: Anytime I spent a lot of money to make a woman happy I never regretted it.

BTW my girlfriend calls my spread of cameras "a camera farm" because it keeps growing.

Cal

Well, I suppose that I had to, because it's an absolute dead heat which immigration service is more poisonous, UK or USA, so for either of us to live in the other's country, we had to get married. On the other hand, the only net effect was that we got married a bit sooner than might otherwise have been the case. As it is, we both reckon it's one of the best things we ever did: next anniversary is our 30th.

What have you against it? After 10 years, both of you must be reasonably confident you're compatible.

Cheers,

R.
 
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BTW my girlfriend calls my spread of cameras "a camera farm" because it keeps growing.

Awesome : )

And I'd keep all three (wife included). Noting that she just noticed the stash recently, you can probably get away with adding a couple more without her noticing for say a coupla years.
 
What have you against it? After 10 years, both of you must be reasonably confident you're compatible.

Cheers,

R.

A commited relationship is a commited relationship and since both of us come from failed relationships and since both of us are divorced, marrage has no added valve or meaning.

In fact here in the U.S. there is a financial disincentive to getting married, that translates into higher taxes because of combined income. Here in the U.S. its called "the marrage penalty." This applies to us since we both are employed full time.

The rich have a saying: No one ever got rich by paying taxes.

BTW living in sin is fun. LOL. When I was married it was not.

Cal
 
Tell her you tried to sell your cameras, but nobody is interested in buying old pieces of metal these days.

Her shoes on the other hand...
 
Tell her you tried to sell your cameras, but nobody is interested in buying old pieces of metal these days.

Her shoes on the other hand...

A couple of months ago I counted my girlfriends shoes.....well it started with me trying to find my one pair among her 20+ pairs in the hall.
At pair number 42 I gave up.
However she never once in 11 years complained about my cameras :)
 
A couple of months ago I counted my girlfriends shoes.....well it started with me trying to find my one pair among her 20+ pairs in the hall.
At pair number 42 I gave up.
However she never once in 11 years complained about my cameras :)
Complaining about a few cameras when you have more than 42 pair of shoes, is like asking for a divorce.
 
This reminds me of the Dustin Hoffman character's repeated line in "Wag the Dog": "This is NOTHING, NOTHING!"

Don't get too excited. To my wife one camera is enough.

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This reminds me of the Dustin Hoffman character's repeated line in "Wag the Dog": "This is NOTHING, NOTHING!"
I am by nature a minimalist, so for me it is huge. Lived with a Nikkormat from 1974 till 1989 before even buying second camera (Rollei 35S)
 
I don't see even one Medium Format camera or a Nikonos (you do live in south FL). And no darkroom equipment at all. Someone who puts all their photo equipment on one bookshelf and still has room for books must be very frugal.

Don't get too excited. To my wife one camera is enough.

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my camera keeps saying that I have too many wives, so what?
that's not a reason to get rid of one of them. I love them all...
 
Last night my wife saw my stash for the first time in a couple of years. Her comment was: "You are sick" So it is time to pare down. Here is a tough one: Nikon FM3A or Zeiss Ikon? Which should I sell? Love them both, but in some ways they are very similar. What would you do?:bang:

Remember the first rule of wife rant, when she rants it does not always mean that you are to immediatey fix something. She just wants you to listen. Or so I've been told.
 
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